Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of an eye-level street view of the exterior of the four-story firehouse of the Hibernia Fire Engine Company No. 1 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with firefighters standing in the street wearing top hats, uniforms, and green capes decorated with an image of an American eagle and the letters "F" and "A"; some hold speaking trumpets, a trumpet, and fire ax; the firemen stand around a small dog, fire hose carriage, and green double-deck manual fire engine decorated with images of an American eagle, an angel, and a goddess next to an eagle on the center condenser case; children sit on a brick wall next to the station and spectators look out from the windows of neighboring building; the firehouse has an American flag on the roof and the labels "Hibernia," "Instituted 1752," and "Incorporated 1841" on the front and a large "1" on the side.
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Image of an elevation view of the side of a manual fire engine used by the Franklin Engine No. 3 company of Brooklyn, New York, labeled "Franklin" on the red carriage body and "Franklin 3" at the front; the vehicle was built by William Jeffers of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
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Image of a program from the commencement exercises of the University of the City of New York on July 1, 1846, including procession order and order of exercises.
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Image of an elevation view of the side of the Pacific Engine Company No. 14 double-deck manual fire engine of Brooklyn, New York, decorated with images of a soldier with a sword on the condenser case.
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Image of a central image of a steam fire engine with two firefighters being drawn by two horses through a city street with a burning building in the background and a fire hydrant in the foreground; with seven vignettes consisting of five firefighting vehicles, a bundle of firefighting accessories including a ladder, hook, pick, lantern, speaking trumpet, and fireman's hat labeled "8", and an elevated view of the exterior of the Button Fire Engine Co. factory buildings in Waterford, New York, with someone aiming a stream of water from a hose over the roof of a building.
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Image of a side view of a parade float driven by four horses with four grooms wearing Middle Eastern Turkish costumes and turbans walking beside the horses and a firefighter and two link-boys with torches standing next to a manual fire engine labeled "Eagle Co. 13" with an American flag on the platform; the image depicts a float in the Grand Canal Celebration for the opening of the Erie Canal in New York City on November 4, 1825.
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